Carbon removals Archives - Page 3 of 12

Watered down 2040 target risks blowing EU climate action out of the water

by Khaled DiabCarbon dioxide removals, Global markets, The EU Green Deal and Climate Law 02/07/202502/07/2025Comments are Disabled

The European Commission has defied science, prioritised polluters over people and shirked some of its global responsibility by weakening the EU’s 2040 climate target. This is bad news for climate action and for those hardest hit by rising temperatures.

CO2ol Down Phase 2: Second workshop delves into financing long-term delivery of carbon removals

by Daniel OrthCarbon dioxide removals 27/06/202527/06/2025Comments are Disabled

Building on the May workshop, which resulted in a blueprint for a viable EU Development and Delivery Framework for removals and charted the path for the short term, the process of the second workshop aimed to extend this proposal into an encompassing framework planning from today towards net-zero and net-negativity thereafter.

CO2ol Down workshop day 2: Credibly financing carbon removals

25 June 2025 | 08:30-17:00 CET | In person

Is the EU farming out its responsibility to slash agricultural emissions

by Marlène Ramón HernándezCarbon dioxide removals, EU carbon market 18/06/202519/06/2025Comments are Disabled

Although the European Commission has consulted with a wide range of stakeholders to investigate how to slash emissions from the agrifood sector in the 2030s, the options on the table indicate that the EU is not serious about tackling the roots of the issue.

Flexibilities in 2040 target risk breaking the EU carbon market – study

by Khaled Diab2050 climate strategies 18/06/202519/06/2025Comments are Disabled

The EU’s Emissions Trading System is essential to meeting the European Union’s 2040 climate target. Watering the EU ETS down with international carbon credits or carbon removals will prove fatal, concludes a study commissioned by Carbon Market Watch. Under pressure from industry and pro-business stakeholders, the European Commission has been toying with ways to water …

Carbon Certification Removal Framework (CRCF) methodologies among lowest quality – analysis

by Guest ContributorCarbon dioxide removals 02/06/202502/06/2025Comments are Disabled

The EU’s latest Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) methodologies continue to set a much lower standard than the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism and best practice in the voluntary carbon market, reveals a new analysis commissioned by Carbon Market Watch and carried out by Öko-Institut.

CO2ol Down Phase 2: Workshop discusses short-term strategy for financing carbon removals

by Daniel OrthCarbon dioxide removals 27/05/202504/08/2025Comments are Disabled

On Thursday 22 May, experts from industry, civil society, and academia gathered in Brussels to discuss EU policy options that will finance permanent carbon removals, without impeding and slowing down investments that lead to drastic emissions cuts. Organised by Carbon Market Watch and supported by co-creation experts Dreamocracy, a series of workshops have been organised …